After reading this article you will learn about the meaning and purpose of hormonal therapy. Meaning of Hormone Therapy: Research attempts of recent past has added a lot to understand the functioning of the body endocrine orchestra, yet the knowledge has certain limitations which makes hormonal therapy difficult and deficient. However, it is worth knowing why endocrine pharmacology differ from [...]
Here is a list of seven main hormones found in animals. They are: 1. Progestins 2. Antiprogestins 3. Luteolytics 4. Thyroid Hormones 5. Parathormone 6. Calcitonin 7. Insulin. Hormone # 1. Progestins: Progesterone is naturally secreted from corpus luteum. It is also secreted from Placental cells in some species like horse, sheep, dog and cat but not from those of [...]
There seem to be many factors concerned in regulation of secretion of hormones. They are: 1. Influence of Higher Centres 2. Feed-Back Mechanism 3. Peripheral Nervous Control 4. Genetic Control. Factor # 1. Influence of Higher Centres: Higher centres of brain under influence of environmental factors regulate the secretion and release of various hypothalamic hormones, which have an intrisic diurnal [...]